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April 4, 2009Posted on 04/04/2009 in Indian Premier League
This one for the laities
Mini Kindra, writing in Outlook, feels the second edition of the IPL won't be the same despite the tournament organiser's hopes to seduce crowds with Bollywood allure. There's a buzz in South Africa alright, especially so with South African-Indians, but 59 games in 37 days - isn't that a bit too much?
Viewer fatigue, say enthusiasts, is not a worry. "Nothing like sports to beat the depressing economic mood," says John Laubscher, a cricket fan. "Besides, South Africans love the Twenty20 format." The fact that many of the games start around noon could be a big damper, though. "We cannot catch those," says a disappointed Siddarth.
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